Level II: Fourth And Gill H-1
8-N-19-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval with the following conditions: 1) porch balustrade, handrails, and steps to meet City codes, 2) either a wood double-hung sash window or a wood casement window to be installed on right side of addition, 3) if current or future owners propose to enclose the rear flat-roof porch in the future, the project would be re-evaluated by HZC.Applicant Request
Additions; Doors; Porch- Applicant is proposing a rectangular rear addition, measuring approximately 25'-4" wide by 5' deep (5'-6" deep on the right side), offset from the house's right side by 1', with a flat-roof porch projecting from the rear addition. Existing rear wood deck will be removed.
- The addition's roofline will extend from the existing one-story hipped massing on the left side, which currently includes an enclosed pantry and a recessed rear entry stoop. The existing hipped roof, currently truncated abruptly in the middle of the rear elevation, will extend across the elevation and intersect the existing rear gable, replicating the roof's existing hip, eaves, and materials. The addition's roof slope is 5/12.
- Addition to rest on continuous brick foundation to match the existing brick, and be clad in board-and-batten siding, to distinguish the addition from the original house, which is currently clad in vinyl siding. One rectangular, single-light, wood casement window to be installed on rear elevation of addition. Access to the porch will be provided by multi-light double doors.
- Proposed porch will be L-shaped and project from the rear addition, with the flat-roof covered section measuring 13'-6" wide by 14' long. An uncovered deck will extend 12'-9" to the right, with an ending aligning with the addition, and will be 7'-0" deep. Porch foundation will be brick piers, with square wood posts supporting a flat, black rubber roof. Porch roof will be 8'-6" above the porch floor. Porch to be located approximately 11'-1" from left side of property line, and 2'-3" from the right. Porch balustrade, handrails, and steps to meet codes.
Fourth and Gill H-1
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c.1910)
- One-story frame residence with a hipped roof with lower cross gables, clad in asphalt shingles. Exterior is clad in vinyl siding and façade rests on a continuous, raised brick foundation. One-story, shed-roof porch extends across the right half of the façade, supported by turned wood columns. Windows are one-over-one, double-hung sash. Interior offset brick chimney. Irregular plan.
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c.1910)
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- New Additions
- 1. Locate attached exterior additions at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building, limiting the size and scale in relationship to the historic building. Proportion is very important.
- 2. Design new additions in a manner that makes clear what is historic and what is new.
- 3. Consider the attached exterior addition both in terms of the new use and the appearance of other buildings in the historic district. Design for the new work may be contemporary or may reference design motifs from the historic buildings. In either case, it should always be clearly differentiated from the historic building and be compatible in terms of mass, materials, size, texture, scale, relationship of solid to voids, and color.
- 4. Place new additions, such as balconies or solar greenhouses, on non-character-defining elevations, and limit the size and scale in relationship to the historic building.
- 7. New work should not appear to be as old as the historic building. Do not duplicate the exact form, material, style, and detailing of the historic building in the new addition.
- 8. New additions should not cause a lessening or loss of historic character, including the historic building's design, materials, workmanship, location, or setting.
- Porches
- 1. Repair porches on historic houses using wood floors, balustrades, post and columns, or replace duplicating the original size and design.
- 2. Porches visible from a street may not be completely enclosed.
- Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation
- 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.
- 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
Meeting Date
August 15, 2019
COA Expires August 18, 2022
Fourth and Gill H-1
610 Caswell Ave. 37917
Applicant
Logan Logan Higgins - Aplos Home Aplos Home
Owner Nina Nina Howell
